🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread

[eaLiTy]

My prediction for the event:
Curtis Blaydes vs Junior dos Santos : I have no idea about the health situation of Junior dos Santos and whether he has the power to land a big punch as he used to do in the past but if he is healthy then i am going with Junior dos Santos to win the fight considering the odds.
Hannah Cifers vs Angela Hill : I am going with Angela Hill to win the fight.
Rafael dos Anjos vs Michael Chiesa: I am going with Michael Chiesa as Rafael dos Anjos always struggles against wrestlers.

[ene1980]

It is said, that Alistair Overeem, who already fought Dos Santos and now trains with him, gave Blaydes some kind of insiders info. It wasnt exactly said what he said, maybe tactics, injury or something else, but this definitely gonna help Blaydes.
Blaydes looks more "fresh", while Dos Santos is some kind old to me. I think he is gonna win this fight.

It is really difficult to predict fights and age is a big factor here in this fight and Dos Santos had many wars in the past and how healthy he is coming into this fight is a big factor and Curtis Blaydes won his last fight by knockout and it was a big statement but he fell short against Francis Ngannou and that is his only loss in his career and so is the reason he is the favorite in this fight.

[tokeweed]

Here are the weigh ins for the event.  Uneventful...  Everybody pretty much made weight.

I can see Dos Santos announcing his retirement after his bout.  It's about time.

UFC FN 166:  Weigh Ins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHT8fMaI5ro

Curtis Blaydes (248) vs Junior Dos Santos (247)
Michael Chiesa (170.5) vs Rafael dos Anjos (170)
Jordan Espinosa (126) vs Alex Perez (125.5)
Hannah Cifers (114.5) vs Angela Hill (116)
Jamahal Hill (205.5) vs Darko Stosic (205)
Bevon Lewis (186) vs Dequan Townsend (185)
Arnold Allen (145.5) vs Nik Lentz (146)
Justine Kish (126) vs Lucie Pudilova (126)
Felipe Colares (135) vs Montel Jackson (135.5)
Lina Lansberg (135) vs Sara McMann (135)
Brett Johns (136) vs Tony Gravely (135)
Herbert Burns (146) vs Nate Landwehr (146)

[BChydro]

Here are the weigh ins for the event.  Uneventful...  Everybody pretty much made weight.
I can see Dos Santos announcing his retirement after his bout.  It's about time.

If Dos Santos looses this fight then he might call it quits as he had many battles in his career and i still remember the epic fights against Cain Velasquez where he took a beating in two fights after knocking Cain Velasquez out in their first fight and those fight changed his career as he suffered many injuries after that.

[tokeweed]

^  Yup.  I mean I really can't see him winning vs Blaydes.  He looked really good at the weigh ins tho (and the face offs, he's bigger than Blaydes).  So let's see.

[ene1980]

^  Yup.  I mean I really can't see him winning vs Blaydes.  He looked really good at the weigh ins tho (and the face offs, he's bigger than Blaydes).  So let's see.

Curtis Blaydes looks like the bigger individual as he weighs more than Junior dos Santos and he is having the reach advantage in this fight and as everyone said if the looses this fight he might retire until he wants to make money fighting if he is not having a secondary plan on what to do after retirement. I am expecting a great fight but Curtis Blaydes might try to take him down but i am expecting a good take down defense from Junior dos Santos.

[TopTort777]

As expected Curtis Blaydes tko JDS. One overhand that had done all the work

[uray]

As expected Curtis Blaydes tko JDS. One overhand that had done all the work

If you predicted Curtis Blaydes knocking out Junior dos Santos then it is a great bet, i was expecting the fight to go to the ground and Junior dos Santos stuffing all his take down and then Curtis Blaydes might get tired and gets himself knocked out eventually but i did not expect Curtis Blaydes to win by knockout, it was a great knockout but to reach the title contention it will take some time as the entire division is on hold for the rubber match between Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier.

[bbc.reporter]

If Conor McGregor Wants His Rematch With Khabib Nurmagomedov, It’ll Cost the UFC $100 Million

Khabib’s father, who holds huge influence over the Dagestani UFC champion, discussed a potential match this week. Speaking to Russian news outlet RIA Novosti Nurmagomedov Snr named his son’s price to entertain the Irishman once more.

$100 million.

https://www.ccn.com/conor-mcgregor-rematch-with-khabib-nurmagomedov-cost-ufc-100-million/

Other than the father's absurd demands on money, he also demands something more absurd from Floyd. 12th round of boxing metch should be in MMA. I reckon that boxing metch should be made versus Conor!



Speaking to TASS.ru, Khabib’s father, Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, said a bout between his son and Mayweather could come to fruition under one condition (transcription via Google Translate).

“Mayweather has statistics on fights of 50 wins and zero losses, he is the greatest in boxing and he wants to fight with the same champion who did not lose a single fight, with Khabib, everything is fine, but now we have Tony Ferguson on the line. We said a long time ago: let us finish with Tony, after that we will work with [the team of Ukrainian boxer Vasily] Lomachenko for six months, then there will be a boxing fight. We offer any day anywhere, with only one condition: 11 rounds in boxing and one in mixed martial arts (MMA).

Source https://www.mmanews.com/khabibs-father-proposes-special-rules-bout-with-floyd-mayweather/

[Bttzed03]

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“Mayweather has statistics on fights of 50 wins and zero losses, he is the greatest in boxing and he wants to fight with the same champion who did not lose a single fight, with Khabib, everything is fine, but now we have Tony Ferguson on the line. We said a long time ago: let us finish with Tony, after that we will work with [the team of Ukrainian boxer Vasily] Lomachenko for six months, then there will be a boxing fight. We offer any day anywhere, with only one condition: 11 rounds in boxing and one in mixed martial arts (MMA).[/i]

Source https://www.mmanews.com/khabibs-father-proposes-special-rules-bout-with-floyd-mayweather/

This is turning into a shit show right now but I cannot blame the father for capitalizing on his son's momentum and growing popularity. Almost everyone is following the McGregor playbook and the Khabib team is in a great position to call the shots. They better win against Tony Ferguson or all these talks will be wasted.

[7788bitcoin]

This is turning into a shit show right now but I cannot blame the father for capitalizing on his son's momentum and growing popularity. Almost everyone is following the McGregor playbook and the Khabib team is in a great position to call the shots. They better win against Tony Ferguson or all these talks will be wasted.

From what i understand the UFC wanted to see Khabib and Conor McGregor again even though he was defeated convincingly and Dana White is also talking big numbers, in the recent fight Khabib earned a huge amount including pay per buys and selling out stadium that was built for the event and Khabib is also a huge superstar in the Middle East and Russia and it will be the biggest fight in history if they rematched and asking for 100 million is not a big deal.

[NavI_027]

Khabib is also a huge superstar in the Middle East and Russia and it will be the biggest fight in history if they rematched and asking for 100 million is not a big deal.

Yeah! Asking for a 100 million is not that huge compare to Dana's possible profit in this upcoming rematch if will be granted . And besides, Khabib is the current reigning champ so we can say that he is on the right position of doing so. I just hope that he will beat El Cucuy on his upcoming match to retain his pride hahaha because if not then Tony will definitely outshine him and talks about Tony vs McGregor might be included on Dana's plan .

[nydiacaskey01]

Results for UFC Fight Night 166 happened January 25, 2020 at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Curtis Blaydes def. Junior dos Santos via KO/TKO R2 01:06
Michael Chiesa def. Rafael dos Anjos via Decision R3 05:00
Alex Perez def. Jordan Espinosa via Submission R1 02:33
Angela Hill def. Hannah Cifers via  KO/TKO R2 04:26
Jamahal Hill def. Darko Stošić via Decision R3 05:00
Bevon Lewis def. Dequan Townsend  Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00   
Arnold Allen def. Nik Lentz Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) 3 5:00   
Justine Kish def. Lucie Pudilová via Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00   
Montel Jackson def. Felipe Colares via Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–25) 3 5:00   
Sara McMann def. Lina Länsberg via Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–26, 30–25) 3 5:00   
Brett Johns def. Tony Gravely via Submission (rear-naked choke) 3 2:53   
Herbert Burns def. Nate Landwehr KO (knee)

[uray]

Results for UFC Fight Night 166 happened January 25, 2020 at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina.

It was a boring card and Bellator had better fights in my opinion as Cris Cyborg won the 145 pound belt from Julia Budd and i expected a good fight and it was a great fight but i really wanted to see the rematch between Cris Cyborg and Amanda Nunes which would have been great as it was clear that Cris Cyborg did not think that Nunes could crack her and so was the reason she was sloppy when they were exchanging punches and a rematch would have been great.

[7788bitcoin]

Yeah! Asking for a 100 million is not that huge compare to Dana's possible profit in this upcoming rematch if will be granted . And besides, Khabib is the current reigning champ so we can say that he is on the right position of doing so. I just hope that he will beat El Cucuy on his upcoming match to retain his pride hahaha because if not then Tony will definitely outshine him and talks about Tony vs McGregor might be included on Dana's plan .

Tony El Cucuy Ferguson is a real talent and a threat to Khabib Nurmagomedov because if you watch all of his opponents they will be blood and their face will have multiple stitches and Khabib Nurmagomedov never had a cut in his entire fighting career and this fight might be different in that aspect and what he does if he gets cut is a huge factor and we might even see a doctor stoppage and Tony getting the belt, so it is a huge fight in the entire UFC right now rather than talking about Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor rematch.

[Clement Kaliyar]

~snip
 it is a huge fight in the entire UFC right now rather than talking about Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor rematch.

The reason there is hype around Conor McGregor is because of the way in which he won the fight against Cerrone and rather than promoting one of the biggest fight and the most anticipated fight in UFC history Dana White is talking about making the Khabib rematch which means they are not taking the fight seriously and it may be because the fight fell off many times.

[YuginKadoya]

As expected Curtis Blaydes tko JDS. One overhand that had done all the work

If you predicted Curtis Blaydes knocking out Junior dos Santos then it is a great bet, i was expecting the fight to go to the ground and Junior dos Santos stuffing all his take down and then Curtis Blaydes might get tired and gets himself knocked out eventually but i did not expect Curtis Blaydes to win by knockout, it was a great knockout but to reach the title contention it will take some time as the entire division is on hold for the rubber match between Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier.

Curtis Blaydes is playing strategically here he is basically getting Junior Dos Santos into position for his power punches and Dos Santos doesn't expect that to happen, he never knew if Blaydes will do a ground submission and never realized that Curtis Blaydes had power in his punches, I had never seen how Curtis has done it at first watching their fight but watching it for the second time had made me realized how dangerous was Blaydes really is, keeping his calm and cool while Dos Santos is way missing his punches, I'd expected Curtis Blaydes to win but never in this level and performance that he showed while matched against Dos Santos.

[Rosilito]

Khabib is also a huge superstar in the Middle East and Russia and it will be the biggest fight in history if they rematched and asking for 100 million is not a big deal.

Yeah! Asking for a 100 million is not that huge compare to Dana's possible profit in this upcoming rematch if will be granted . And besides, Khabib is the current reigning champ so we can say that he is on the right position of doing so. I just hope that he will beat El Cucuy on his upcoming match to retain his pride hahaha because if not then Tony will definitely outshine him and talks about Tony vs McGregor might be included on Dana's plan .

Sounds an easy deal with the president's total profit. Well Tony and Khabib both have an equal amount of total fights but Tony knew losing. Khabib must be taking every fight a big thing not for the money itself but for the record he's currently holding. Well if ever Tony defy the odds, and luckily did beat Khabib I don't think we could yet see Tony vs McGregor as in my speculation, it would be a rematch between Khabib and Tony before going on to McGregor. Besides McGregor is just returning, I think he has many things in his head except fighting for a belt once again.

[cabron]

Results for UFC Fight Night 166 happened January 25, 2020 at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina.

It was a boring card and Bellator had better fights in my opinion as Cris Cyborg won the 145 pound belt from Julia Budd and i expected a good fight and it was a great fight but i really wanted to see the rematch between Cris Cyborg and Amanda Nunes which would have been great as it was clear that Cris Cyborg did not think that Nunes could crack her and so was the reason she was sloppy when they were exchanging punches and a rematch would have been great.

Cris Cyborg and Amanda Nunes is probably not possible its crystal clear she loss the fight. It took more than a round for her to defeated Budd, she's getting old.

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“Mayweather has statistics on fights of 50 wins and zero losses, he is the greatest in boxing and he wants to fight with the same champion who did not lose a single fight, with Khabib, everything is fine, but now we have Tony Ferguson on the line. We said a long time ago: let us finish with Tony, after that we will work with [the team of Ukrainian boxer Vasily] Lomachenko for six months, then there will be a boxing fight. We offer any day anywhere, with only one condition: 11 rounds in boxing and one in mixed martial arts (MMA).[/i]

Source https://www.mmanews.com/khabibs-father-proposes-special-rules-bout-with-floyd-mayweather/

This is turning into a shit show right now but I cannot blame the father for capitalizing on his son's momentum and growing popularity. Almost everyone is following the McGregor playbook and the Khabib team is in a great position to call the shots. They better win against Tony Ferguson or all these talks will be wasted.

They're both crossing. Since Floyd wants money just as Mcgregor wants, what is 1 round for Floyd. The difficulty is that Floyd is a counter puncher, he rarely initiate an attack which Kabib can just dodge him til the 11th round. 

[uray]

Cris Cyborg and Amanda Nunes is probably not possible its crystal clear she loss the fight. It took more than a round for her to defeated Budd, she's getting old.

Cris Cyborg and Amanda Nunes fought and Amanda clearly won the fight there is no debate about that but i would like to see a rematch as it would be interesting but we cannot see that happen again, Cris Cyborg is getting old but she does have the power to defeat anyone and now she never used to rush now like she used to do in the beginning for her career and she was only reckless against Amanda Nunes as she never thought she could shut her out.